U.S. Patent PP26,087
Sweet Orange Cultivar
‘OLL-8’
- Fruit Size: Medium
- Target Market: Either Processing Industry or Fresh Market
- Brix Rating: 13.7
Description: In Florida, fruit of ‘OLL-8’ generally matures during the ‘Valencia’ harvest period. During some years, harvest can begin a few weeks earlier than ‘Valencia’, depending on weather. Fruit of ‘OLL-8’ holds on the tree exceptionally well, and maintains quality into the summer. ‘OLL-8’ produces round oranges with internal and external color similar to that of ‘Rhode Red Valencia’. Although minimal formal yield data is available, trees appear to yield better than standard ‘Valencia’. The original ‘OLL-8’ tree yielded more than five 90lb. boxes of fruit (8-year old tree). ‘OLL-8’ fruit has high juice content and good pounds solids, generally exceeding 7 pounds per box on most common citrus rootstocks. ‘OLL-8’ peels easier and is less “raggy” than a standard ‘Valencia’, and with its added color, should also be a valuable addition to the Florida fresh market portfolio. ‘OLL-8’ was the most precocious bearing clone among the OLL (Orie Lee Late) somaclones.
‘OLL-8’ trees have shown good drought tolerance in the greenhouse, as overgrown trees in small pots rarely wilt as compared to other sweet orange seedlings, and field trees have generally shown better cold-tolerance than ‘Valencia’ trees in the same block. This apparent improved stress tolerance may be useful in the fight against HLB.
To view the Variety Fact Sheet for ‘OLL-8’, please click here.
License Availability: FFSP has non-exclusively licensed the following entities for the propagation of the ‘OLL-8’ citrus cultivar:
Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery, LLC
480 CR 416 S
Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538
(352) 793-6861
https://www.briteleaf.com/
Citrific Holdings, Inc.
2400 Rosalie Lake Rd
Lake Wales, FL 33898
(863) 589-7456
http://citrific.com/
Murphy Citrus Nursery, Inc
1614 Marvin Roberts Rd
Perry, FL 32347
Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Inc
1697 Rucks Dairy Rd.
Frostproof, FL 33843
(863) 635-1948
http://www.ruckscitrusnursery.com/
Sawmill Citrus Nursery, LLC
P.O. Box 912
Ft. Meade, FL 33841
(863) 698-2971
Southridge Citrus Nursery, Inc.
260 Karlson Rd.
Venus, FL 33960
(863) 465-5803
W.E. Green & Sons, Inc.
P.O. Box 1802
Dundee, FL 33838
(863) 439-4244